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FOREX: Market talk China to study yuan devaluation as a tool
- A somewhat quiet European morning session with lack of data to drive reacted
after Bloomberg headlines that said China is to study Yuan devaluation as a tool
in trade spat. Usd/Cnh spiked from Cnh6.2950 to Cnh6.3253.
- Usd/Jpy opened firm to Y107.13, before quickly reversing gains on the China
news story. The pair later recovered to print highs of Y107.16.
- Kiwi remained the biggest outperformer in G10 (+0.45%) with no real newsflow
behind the move. The earlier China rumours pressured Aud/Usd to $0.7665 with
recovery efforts capped by Aud/Nzd printing 9-month lows. A break of the NZ$1.05
level opens NZ$1.0494/87 (Jul13 low, 76.4% 1.0238-1.1291).
- GBP witnessed a modest uptick after the release of stronger UK Halifax house
price data, but remained anchored to its $1.4077-1.4118 range. Eur/Gbp tests the
key Gbp0.8700 area, the cross has breached this level three times previously on
an intra-day basis since December, but failed to close below here.
- PM Orban's Fidesz party won Hungary's election with talk of securing a
supermajority. Eur/Huf eased to Huf311.62, support Huf311.10 (50% of 2018 range)

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